Release Date

03 Oct, 1991

Runtime

00:25: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.

Original Title

The Body Beautiful

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Actors

Madge Onwurah

Rosie Rowell

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

Brian Bovell

Maureen Douglass

Valentine Nonyela

Louis Altinson

Linda Dobson

Richard Gray

Haley McKay

Michael McKay

Nina McKay

Saffron Burrows

Nadja Carr

Ann Parks

Jane Yeomans

Novlet

Crew

Mags Scholes

Richard Gray

Ngozi Onwurah

Lin Solomon

Ngozi Onwurah

Simon Onwurah

Liz Webber

Peter Collis

Kate Ogborn

Kanayo Onwurah

Jonathon Hirst

Anthony Quigley

Sarah Carr

Ben Gibson